Nahuatl

Nahuatl (English: /ˈnɑːwɑːtəl/ NAH-wah-təl; Nahuatl pronunciation: [ˈnaːwat͡ɬ]), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about 1.7 million Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller populations in the United States.

Nahuatl has been spoken in central Mexico since at least the seventh century CE. It was the language of the Aztec/Mexica, who dominated what is now central Mexico during the Late Postclassic period of Mesoamerican history. During the centuries preceding the Spanish and Tlaxcalan conquest of the Aztec Empire, the Aztecs had expanded to incorporate a large part of central Mexico. Their influence caused the variety of Nahuatl spoken by the residents of Tenochtitlan to become a prestige language in Mesoamerica.

Nahuatl in "Eyewear"

Nahuatl was one of several languages Estevánico understood well enough to follow. Prior to his arrival in Mexico City, Estevánico received a warning from Esperanza/Amal the Aztec who had learned much in 700 years. Estevánico did not fully grasp what this warning meant until one day he was pursued through the streets of Mexico City by Aztecs who spoke a language that was a clipped dialect of Nahuatl. While Estevánico evaded them, he heard them speak while he was in hiding, and wondered whether the Nahuatl they spoke was the result of 700 years of change.

Nahuatl in Through Darkest Europe

Nawatil was one of the languages the Sunset Lands. When Dawud ibn Musa explained to Khalid al-Zarzisi and two Italians how he'd repaired a vehicle, al-Zarzisi thought he might as well be speaking Nawatil or Kechwa, another language from the Sunset Lands.